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The African Nuclear-Weapon-Free-Zone Treaty (the Treaty of Pelindaba) is opened for signing in Cairo.
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11.04.1995
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Blog entries: Department of Defense
24.01.2013

The US now faces a very difficult dilemma. On the one hand Obama declared – Assad should go. On the other - Assad is still there, he doesn’t want to leave. I think the nomination of Chuck Hagel, again, if it is confirmed by the Senate, would send a very clear signal – the US would fight diplomatically against Assad but would not be involved militarily there. And this is again a major shift of course from the Bush policies, but also from Obama policies.